Volunteers prepare the community garden during National Service Recognition Day as Prescott Council Member Alexa Scholl, Prescott Valley Mayor Harvey Skoog and Chino Valley Mayor Darryl Croft were on hand to support Arizona Serve on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at the Prescott YMCA Community Garden.

Braden Couch flies in the beginner class of the second annual King Pearl Go Skateboarding Day presented by Skate Stop at the Mike Fann Skatepark in Prescott Saturday afternoon. Couch placed first in the beginner’s category. (Les Stukenberg/Courier)

Nearly 600 people have registered for the event. Two talks today have English translations: “How to be a Dharma Practitioner in the 21st Century” at 11 a.m. and “A Jewel More Precious Than A Diamond” at 2:30 p.m. The lectures are $25 each.

Family members, friends and coworkers gathered Thursday, June 30, 2016 at the Arizona Pioneer Home Cemetery for a Celebration of Remembrance for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died three years ago fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire.